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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777027503321

Autore

Stroll Avrum <1921->

Titolo

Moore and Wittgenstein on certainty [[electronic resource] /] / Avrum Stroll

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994

ISBN

0-19-773092-2

1-280-52700-5

0-19-535913-5

1-4294-0574-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Disciplina

121/.63

Soggetti

Certainty

Skepticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Why Moore and Wittgenstein?; 2. Is There Such a Thing as Certainty?; 3. Moore; 4. Moore's Strategy; 5. Moore's Proof of an External World; 6. Finding the Beginning; 7. The Oddity of Moore's Proof; 8. Dreaming, Knowing, Doubting; 9. Wittgenstein's Foundationalism; 10. Folk Theory, Standing Fast, and Scepticism; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

The philosophical relationship between Wittgenstein and G.E. Moore and their overlapping, but nevertheless differing, views are the subject of this book. It provides a critical analysis of their differing approaches to a set of fundamental epistemological problems.